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Batrachotomus kupferzellensis

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Batrachotomus kupferzellensis was named by Gower (1999) [Referred to in older literature as the "Kupferzell rauisuchian"]. Its type specimen is SMNS 52970, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kupferzell bonebed, which is in a Longobardian estuary/bay marl/dolomite in the Erfurt Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Batrachotomus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Batrachotomus kupferzellensis Gower p. 6
2011Batrachotomus kupferzellensis Nesbitt p. 35

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
genusBatrachotomus
specieskupferzellensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:45
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Longobardian or 239.48000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Batrachotomus kupferzellensis (101875 101877) Rauisuchia indet. (type locality: 101873)